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27 Oct 2025 evening – How to Benefit from the Month of Kartika (English translation) – Vrindavana, India

October 27, 2025 6:00 PM

* Parikrama, publications, and preaching cannot stop. * During the month of Damodara, one should lead a life of celibacy and use financial resources in the service of the Guru and Vaisnavas. * Following varnasrama-dharma but not developing a taste for Harikatha leads to hell. * How to develop a taste for Harikatha. * Harikatha is spoken according to the listeners. * During the month of Kartika, Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja suggested reading the Raya Ramananda Samvada. * Personal...

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23 Sep 2025 morning – Knowledge and Renunciation (English) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 23, 2025 7:00 AM

– Quote from the verse: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy… (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.1.11). – Rupa Gosvami Pada’s mood in composing the above verse. – Serving Krsna with body and words incessantly. – On the definition of bhakti given by previous Acaryas. – Quote from Bhaktivinoda Thakura about the prison of family life. – On the importance of sadhu-sanga and hearing Harikatha from the lotus mouth of a sadhu. – Explanation given by Sukadeva...

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12 Sep 2025 morning – The Definition of Sadhana-bhakti (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 12, 2025 8:20 AM

PART 1 PART 2 Those who practice devotional service to Lord Sri Krsna with their body, mind, and words. Our goal is to attain a hint of the humor of the cowherd boys of Vraja. The bodily conception is the root of all anarthas. About karma-kanda, jnana-kanda, and bhakti-kanda. There are different types of vairagya (renunciation). We must take care of our body to serve Krsna and, in no way, show others false renunciation. Our body needs to be healthy to awaken to mangala-arati, which is a limb of...

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04 Sep 2025 morning walk – Harikatha Purifies Hearts (Hindi) | Brisbane, Australia

September 4, 2025 7:00 AM

– On the power of sadhana. – Harikatha has the power to remove all our anarthas. – Who doesn’t cry when hearing the Harikatha of Sita and Rama? People filled with anarthas in their hearts. – Signs of spiritual development: realization of the Lord, knowledge, and renunciation of what is not favorable to the Lord. – Devotion arises, and in the same proportion, renunciation of material things occurs. More renunciation, in the same percentage, more knowledge...

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04 Sep 2025 morning walk – Harikatha Purifies Hearts (English translation) | Brisbane, Australia

September 4, 2025 7:00 AM

– On the power of sadhana.– Harikatha has the power to remove all our anarthas.– Who doesn’t cry when hearing the Harikatha of Sita and Rama? People filled with anarthas in their hearts.– Signs of spiritual development: realization of the Lord, knowledge, and renunciation of what is not favorable to the Lord.– Devotion arises, and in the same proportion, renunciation of material things occurs. More renunciation, in the same percentage, more knowledge...

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03 Sep 2025 morning – Transcendental Cupid Krishna (English translation) | Murwillumbah, Australia

September 3, 2025 7:00 AM

– Chaitanya-charitamrita, Madhya-lila, Chapter 4:– Krishna is Madana Mohana and Sri Radha is Madana Mohana Mohini.– Mundane Kamadeva’s five arrows are useless in capturing the transcendental Kamadeva Krishna, who easily defeats him.– In the transcendental world, lust and love are one and the same.– Cupid is bewildered by the gopis, the queens of Dvaraka.– Self-realisation is the best realisation.– People are attracted to others who are like...

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03 Sep 2025 morning – Transcendental Cupid Krishna (Hindi) | Murwillumbah, Australia

September 3, 2025 7:00 AM

– Chaitanya-charitamrita, Madhya-lila, Chapter 4: – Krishna is Madana Mohana and Sri Radha is Madana Mohana Mohini. – Mundane Kamadeva’s five arrows are useless in capturing the transcendental Kamadeva Krishna, who easily defeats him. – In the transcendental world, lust and love are one and the same. – Cupid is bewildered by the gopis, the queens of Dvaraka. – Self-realisation is the best realisation. – People are attracted to others who are like...

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14 Aug 2025 evening – Krsna and His Activities (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 14, 2025 8:19 PM

Those who reach Krsna’s abode do not return to this world. This world is full of unhappiness (sattva, rajas, tamas gunas), but the spiritual world is completely blissful. There is suffering in this world because people do not practice sadhana and bhajana. On Mahamaya and Yogamaya. On the primary and secondary reasons for Krsna’s coming to this world. Krsna bestowed prema only in Vraja, but Mahaprabhu bestowed it throughout the world without discrimination. Krsna is so beautiful and...

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